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| Posted by: Bettia Oct 9 2005, 04:54 AM |
| Worldwide Media Act A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare. Category: Social Justice Strength: Significant Proposed by: Richard2008 Description: The United Nations, -A- NOTING that the artistic, cultural and entertainment media industry is a growing sector and is essential to the economic development of our Nations and the happiness of our people, -B- RECOGNIZING that this industry includes a wide assortment of businesses and individuals that create and produce video, music, graphics, books and various other types of content, -C- DEFINES a “regional system” as any method to prohibit the transmitting or viewing of media from one region or nation in another region or nation, -D- NOTING that some regional systems are designed to prevent access to graphic or restricted types of media content in individual nations, -E- CONVINCED that the universal standards are likely to increase consumer confidence, further adding to the practical and economic viability and success of these standards, -F- REGRETTING the problems consumers face when using incompatible media formats, and when attempting to transport media from other cultures, which is a barrier to cultural awareness, -G- REGRETTING that the current restrictions on media use increase piracy and hurts artistic, cultural and entertainment media creation, -1- URGES all Nations to promote artistic, cultural and entertainment use of media and encourage its development, in particular its online distribution , -2- URGES STRONGLY all nations to regulate commercial DRM (Digital Rights Management) systems and duplication protections for commercial media, in order to assure compatibility for customers with most media players, -3- BANS any "regional system" for commercial DRM’s and for all past, present and future commercial media formats. These formats include but are not limited to: -Blu-ray disc -Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) -High Density Digital Versatile Disc (HD DVD) -Universal Media Disc (UMD) -Super Audio CD (SACD) -DualDisc -Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD) -Holographic Versatile Disc (HDV) -4-URGES all Nations to uphold legislation against any media sharing, distribution, or reproduction methods which are widely considered piracy, -5- MANDATES developed nations where companies propose a commercial media support or DRM system standard to regulate the cost of its patent licensing in order to be financially reasonable and available to developing and less economically stable nations. Co-authored by Love and esterel Votes For: 129 Votes Against: 40 [Delegate Votes] Voting Ends: Thu Oct 13 2005 |
| Posted by: Starblaydia Oct 9 2005, 06:46 AM |
| All that useful resolutioning and then they tack on a stupid Mandate right at the end. Typical. But it will mean nations like Lamoni can afford it, though. |
| Posted by: Lamoni Oct 9 2005, 06:12 PM |
| Well, it's basically a better written version of DVD region removal. I see no harm in this resolution. FOR |
| Posted by: Bettia Oct 13 2005, 02:02 AM |
| With a 2-0-1 majority, the Bettian delegate has voted IN FAVOUR of this resolution. |